Fat_Maniac

If facing T5 and nothing else, as in Ranked Sprint, Emile Bertin or Furutaka might be ok. If you are talking about standard MM, then really all struggle a bit because of the constant T7 battles with lots of BB's

I believe WG actually did a thing from Chatham docks a couple of years ago. And if you go to Portsmouth there is a VR tour around an RN ship sponsored by WG. Until the European Gamescom comes to the UK (highly unlikely), there is no commercial sense in WG coming here.

Surely the fact the Hindy is now what she is is down to us the player base in part too? WG design and balance the ships to be played the way they want us to play them. The fact they don't really tell us how they want us to play the game is besides the point. We as players say screw that, I'm gonna play in a way that maximizes my earnings (wins / credits / XP). And so a game meta evolves, built in no small part by the CC's on whom most of the player base (sheeple) look to in knowing how to play. They want to look good so only show us their best games, and the play style that maximizes earnings. The sheeple then follow, not realizing that they need to play a ship in a way that suits their game style. WG respond with nerfs or buffs, and the cycle starts again. Or. And then WG throw spanners in the works with new content, features and gimmicks, and the cycle starts again.

I suspect a deliberate move on WG's part to make Sprint less attractive to the sealcl..... Err,mmm ..... Rebalancers.

O yes the perils of coop. The bots are predictable althougth the new AI logic makes them do some more interesting things. The real fun factor is knowing if the friendly torp carrying boat behind you is going to fire off his fish in your general direction.

The last few weeks have been bad, really bad. So bad that I know people who are committed PvP players and they have resorted to to playing coop.

I know what you mean about the German BB's. My first grind was too Bismark, she was my first target ship that I really wanted to get too. The thing about the German BB's is you have to push in them and get closer to your targets. I found wit the t5 and 6 that was very hard to do, especially as a lot of matches I found myself in I was bottom tier. Things changed dramatically at T7. Gneisenau is a really good ship, fast, good AA and you can push in and contest caps with her if you want, and you have torps to surprise anyone who tries to rush you. T8 Bismark I have found disappointing, mostly because with T8 MM you end up bottom tier, and it is very difficult to push your way in, without getting lolpenned by the T10 BB's and HE spammed to death. When Bismark is in a T9 or top tier she is epic, but I must confess I put her down last October, still in stock config, as I couldn't stand the T10 campy meta and my inability to make Bismark work. Now I'm a bit more experienced with the higher tiers I'll probably pick her up again soon, the idea of a full secondary build GK is very appealing. You mentioned the RN BB's as an alternative. Have you considers the US line? slow til you get to T8 but much better dispersion than German BB, and a good all round BB line.

Sounds like you are too close and just gotten overpens

Mr Conway has just posted in another thread, Accumulated XP on RN DD's will remain after the tech tree is released

Don't get me started on SC rewards. They seem really crap at the moment.

Thing is, if I ask for credits, should I just get 3 stacks of credits or guaranteed 1 stack at least. The container type is to get something in the category chosen for sure. That's the way I look at it.

Hmm this should be able to be tested in the training room quite easily. Might have to go have a look later

Don't disagree, In a T5 BB in a T7 battle I try to avoid the T7 BB's.

No Offense taken, the match didn't impress me either :-) Yes New York needs love as does Kongo

I beg to differ with you, but T5 BB's can hold there own

No. if the lower tier ship gets good RNG he can win. However I agree with most of what you say. The problem is the MM process isn't as easy to fix as we all think it it. The game issues around tier balance isn't the MM's fault, the problem is the power creep that has happened slowly over time. Low tier ships should be able to 'hold their own' and play a part in a +2 battle, if they are played correctly and in a more passive role. We simply have some ships and game gimmicks that out perform the rest of the pack. Fix the MM by giving us balanced class's in matches, say 4 BB's / CV, 4 cruisers, and 4 DD's. Everyone should have a better chance of surviving and doing something useful in a battle.

I can't wait to see what happens if and when WG remove the CV limit after the rework.

Hell yes. I'm playing it to farm credits but thats all. The only fun and random element is seeing the occasional new and novel way for a potato to kill himself.

The only time I've had what you describe happen is when my GPU overheats. If I'd played something before WoWS and then switched over the port UI is hard on your GPU, so my already hot card said no more please. I bought a new case and added a couple of extra fans, and tided up the internal airflow with some careful wiring, and everything has been fine since.

When I started the game over a year ago, I always believed part of the BB role was area of denial. You position your BB to cover channels and routes through to caps or your teams flanks etc. Just about every ship build I see this days be it a BB's , CA, CL, or DD seems to include Concealment as the first 4pt skill, either because you need it for your ship to function, or to have any chance of surviving and getting into a useful position. It seems to have become the new SA skill (pre my days in game, but I've heard Situational Awareness used to be a skill). The game seems to have descended into an out spotting competition. Whoever can out spot the enemy wins . This seems to lead to everyone running away from or avoiding, anything that can out spot them. The result being that a stealthy DD is now the true area of denial class, everyone seems to want to avoid advancing or pushing until they are certain there is no DD in the way. Whilst he can keep you spotted and stay hidden himself (assuming he isn't stupid and gives his position away), he gives his team the opportunity to kill the enemy, and if he uses torps he can force a turn leading to the inevitable quick death as you expose your juicy broadside. Obviously the above is a generalization and things like radar, hydro, and current RTS CV's all have an impact, but I was wondering what you all think?

Actually wrong, very very wrong, To produce a map that promotes varied and interesting game play and tactical options, is very time consuming. It's easy to make a bad map, just drop islands here and there, vary the shapes a bit. decide where to put cap zones etc, without putting any real effort into it. Think about what you actually need to do to create a new map, that players will come to love. Where do you put the islands What shape are they. How high should the land mass be. Where are the places for dd's and cruisers to hide. Where are the points a Cl can shoot over the island. Where are the cap zones Where do you place the open spaces and channels for BB's to work with. How does all this fit in with the game meta at the target tiers and cap zone placement, etc etc etc. And then finally you have to test the crap out of the thing to make sure it works.

This is going to be a seal clubbing blood bath, the likes of which even Quentin Tarantino couldn't thing of. Don't have Kamikaze R or the Italian Stallion, so I really don't know what to take out.

Sorry if this is the wrong section to post in but.. I've got myself a Coolmaster keyboard with programmable LED lighting profiles, and before I go and build one specfic for WoWS, I was wondering if anyone knows if there are already any out there. I did a quick search on google etc but nothing came up.

@Aotearas You have in a few short paragraphs given me the most useful advice I've ever seen on how to play a ship / nation class. Do you fancy doing the same for the other DD nations and posting it somewhere. I'd love to read them. I'm just starting out on DD's and something like this explains in a nutshell what I should be trying to achieve with RU DD's. Thank you

Saw on TV here in the UK this morning a new word has been added to the Scrabble dictionary - Sheeple (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sheeple) I think it perfectly describes alot of WoWS teams at the moment